Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018

Brazil is a wildfire-prone region, and few studies have investigated the health impacts of wildfire exposure. Here, the authors show that wildfire waves are associated with an increase of 23% in respiratory hospital admissions and an increase of 21% in circulatory hospital admissions in Brazil.

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Autores principales: Weeberb J. Requia, Heresh Amini, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Diane R. Gold, Joel D. Schwartz
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:13a29255b2f840ef92905468170be2b72021-11-14T12:36:59ZHealth impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 201810.1038/s41467-021-26822-72041-1723https://doaj.org/article/13a29255b2f840ef92905468170be2b72021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26822-7https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Brazil is a wildfire-prone region, and few studies have investigated the health impacts of wildfire exposure. Here, the authors show that wildfire waves are associated with an increase of 23% in respiratory hospital admissions and an increase of 21% in circulatory hospital admissions in Brazil.Weeberb J. RequiaHeresh AminiRajarshi MukherjeeDiane R. GoldJoel D. SchwartzNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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Rajarshi Mukherjee
Diane R. Gold
Joel D. Schwartz
Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018
description Brazil is a wildfire-prone region, and few studies have investigated the health impacts of wildfire exposure. Here, the authors show that wildfire waves are associated with an increase of 23% in respiratory hospital admissions and an increase of 21% in circulatory hospital admissions in Brazil.
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author Weeberb J. Requia
Heresh Amini
Rajarshi Mukherjee
Diane R. Gold
Joel D. Schwartz
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Heresh Amini
Rajarshi Mukherjee
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Joel D. Schwartz
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title Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018
title_short Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018
title_full Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018
title_fullStr Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018
title_full_unstemmed Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018
title_sort health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018
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